Capital Classic

In 1974, event founder Bob Geoghan pitted a U.S. All-Star team versus a group from the greater Washington, D.C. region (DMV). It’s currently the nation’s oldest national All-Star game.

All-American Game

Est. 1974

number of nba players298

number of nba players per year6.34

Notable Players

Sebastian Telfair

5'11" - PG - 2004
Isaiah Washington

6'1" - PG - 2017
Larry Johnson

6'5" - PF - 1987
Carmelo Anthony

6'7" - SF - 2002
Rawle Alkins

6'5" - SG - 2016
Jason Kidd

6'4" - PG - 1992
Earvin Johnson

6'8" - PG - 1977
Michael Jordan

6'4" - SG - 1981
Victor Oladipo

6'4" - SG - 2010
Chris Lykes

5'7" - PG - 2017
Jahvon Quinerly

6'1" - PG - 2018
LeBron James

6'8" - SF - 2003
Ryan Harrow

6'0" - PG - 2010
Ralph Sampson

7'4" - C - 1979
Rajon Rondo

6'2" - PG - 2004
Sam Bowie

7'1" - C - 1979
Dwight Howard

6'11" - C - 2004
Dominique Wilkins

6'7" - SF - 1979
Klay Thompson

6'6" - SF - 2008
Chris Paul

6'1" - PG - 2003
Rudy Gay

6'8" - PF - 2004
Mark Aguirre

6'6" - SF - 1978
Mike Bibby

6'2" - PG - 1996
Aquille Carr

5'6" - PG - 2013
Baron Davis

6'2" - PG - 1997

number of lotto picks167

number of lotto picks per year3.55

Game Results
Individual Records

YEAR	DMV	UNITED STATES	MVP DMV	MVP US
1974	82	101	Keith Herron	Butch Lee
1975	93	107	James Tillman	Sam Drummer
1976	107	138	JoJo Hunter	Darrell Griffith
1977	92	112	Ken Matthews	Gene Banks
1978	87	79	Bryant Johnson	Dwight Anderson
1979	86	85	Ralph Sampson	Dominique Wilkins
1980	84	81	Earl Jones	Charlie Sitton
1981	85	91	Patrick Ewing	Abrey Sherrod
1982	82	79	Johnny Dawkins	Kerry Boagani
1983	118	116	Tyrone Bouges	Winston Bennett
1984	107	116	Derrick Lewis	Danny Manning
1985	120	142	Tim Anderson	Rick Calloway
1986	118	127	JR Reid	Ron Huery
1987	86	100	Anthony Tucker	Gary Koubek
1988	83	112	Milton Bell Jr.	Litterial Green
1989	103	101	Curt Smith	Travis Ford
1990	116	103	Michael Smith	Robert Phelps
1991	89	114	Johnny Rhodes	Cherokee Parks
1992	101	103	Donta Bright	Jason Kidd
1993	88	86	Awar McQueen	Marcus Camby
1994	80	91	Victor Page	Trajan Langdon
1995	121	124	Louis Bullock	Antwan Jamison
1996	110	126	Nate James	Corey Benjamin
1997	113	125	Terrence Morris	Elton Brand
1998	107	126	Jason Capel	Troy Murphy
1999	111	100	Chris Monroe	Jason Gardner
2000	112	101	Bernard Robinson	Kyle Cuffe
2001	78	96	Melvin Scott	Chey Christie
2002	167 (White)	121 (Red)	Amare Stoudemire	Carmelo Anthony
2003	102 (Black)	107 (Silver)	LeBron James	Shannon Brown
2004	107 (Black)	96 (White)	Dwight Howard	Dorrell Wright
2005	97	123	Uche Echefu	Jamont Gordon
2006	117	120	Bobby Shannon	DeShanw Sims
2007	149	145	Augustus Gilchrist	Malcolm Delaney
2008	85	123	Jason Clark	Olek Czyz
2009	129	98	Mouphtaou Yarou	Lamont Jones
2010	117	108	Markel Starks	Jayvaughn Pinkston
2011	115	136	Treveon Grahman	Jabarie Hinds
2012	93	105	TJ Huggins	Montrez Harrell
2013	120	126	Aquille Carr	Kameron Williams
2014	134	139	Chinanu Onuaku	Angel Delgado
2015	102	105	Abdulai Bundu	Luke Maye
2016	116	118	Christian Matthews	Rawle Alkins
2017	101	113	Luka Garza	Bourama Sidibe
2018	92	102	Xavier Johnson	Aaron Wiggins
2019	122	83	Qudus Wahab	Joe Girard III

Points
40	Louis Bullock, Capital Classic/Capital, 1995
34	LeBron James, Capital Classic/Black, 2003
33	Michael Smith, Capital Classic/Capital, 1990
31	Malcolm Delaney, Capital Classic/United States, 2007
30	Aaron Wiggins, Capital Classic/United States, 2018
29	Darrell Griffith, Capital Classic/United States, 1976
29	J.R. Reid, Capital Classic/Capital, 1986
29	Antwan Jamison, Capital Classic/United States, 1995
29	Aquille Carr, Capital Classic/Capital, 2013

Field Goals Made
14	Darrell Griffith, Capital Classic/United States, 1976 (14/23)
14	Louis Bullock, Capital Classic/Capital, 1995 (14/26)
13	Charles “Hawkeye” Whitney, Capital Classic/Capital, 1976 (13/27)
13	LeBron James, Capital Classic/Black, 2003 (13/30)
13	Aaron Wiggins, Capital Classic/United States, 2018 (13/17)

Field Goal Attempts
30	LeBron James, Capital Classic/Black, 2003 (13/30)
27	Charles “Hawkeye” Whitney, Capital Classic/Capital, 1976 (13/27)
26	Louis Bullock, Capital Classic/Capital, 1995 (14/26)

Free Throws Made
12	Chris Monroe, Capital Classic/Capital, 1999 (12/18)
12	Carmelo Anthony, Capital Classic/Red, 2002 (12/17)

Free Throw Attempts
18	Chris Monroe, Capital Classic/Capital, 1999 (12/18)
17	Carmelo Anthony, Capital Classic/Red, 2002 (12/17)
16	George Lynch, Capital Classic/Capital, 1989 (10/16)
14	Michael Smith, Capital Classic/Capital, 1989 (11/14)
14	Malcolm Delaney, Capital Classic/United States, 2007 (11/14)

3-Pointers Made
6	Louis Bullock, Capital Classic/Capital, 1995 (6/10)
6	Tony Stanley, Capital Classic/Capital, 1996 (6/8)
5	Justin Gray, Capital Classic/Red, 2002 (5/8)
5	Kameron Williams, Capital Classic/United States, 2013 (5/5)
5	Andrew Robinson, Capital Classic/Capital, 2014 (5/7)
5	Joe Girard III, Capital Classic/United States, 2019 (5/11)

3-Pointers Attempted
11	Joe Girard III, Capital Classic/United States, 2019 (5/11)
10	Louis Bullock, Capital Classic/Capital, 1995 (6/10)
10	LeBron James, Capital Classic/Black, 2003 (3/10)
10	Alani Moore, Capital Classic/Capital, 2003 (3/10)

Rebounds
22	George Lynch, Capital Classic/Capital, 1989
21	Ralph Sampson, Capital Classic/Capital, 1979
21	Troy Murphy, Capital Classic/United States, 1998
20	Bryant Johnson, Capital Classic/Capital, 1978
19	Marcus Camby, Capital Classic/United States, 1993
19	Qudus Wahab, Capital Classic/Capital, 2019
17	Moses Malone, Capital Classic/United States, 1974
17	J.R. Reid, Capital Classic/Capital, 1986
17	Bart Lammerson, Capital Classic/Capital, 1991
17	Amare Stoudemire, Capital Classic/White, 2002
16	Charlie Sitton, Capital Classic/United States, 1980
16	Winston Bennett, Capital Classic/United States, 1983
16	Cherokee Parks, Capital Classic/United States, 1991
15	Bernard Toon, Capital Classic/United States, 1975
15	Charles “Hawkeye” Whitney, Capital Classic/Capital, 1976
15	Albert King, Capital Classic/United States, 1977
15	Chuck Kornegy, Capital Classic/United States, 1992
15	Vassil Etimov, Capital Classic/United States, 1996
15	Dwight Howard, Capital Classic/Black, 2004
15	Angel Delgado, Capital Classic/United States, 2014

Assists
9	Mike Bibby, Capital Classic/United States, 1996
9	Baron Davis, Capital Classic/United States, 1997
9	Augustus Gilchrist, Capital Classic/Capital, 2007
8	Tamir Goodman, Capital Classic/Capital, 2000
8	Bernard Robinson, Capital Classic/Capital, 2000
8	Jarrett Jack, Capital Classic/White, 2002
8	Shannon Brown, Capital Classic/Silver, 2003
8	Colin Gillespie, Capital Classic/United States, 2017

Blocked Shots
7	Melvin Whitaker, Capital Classic/United States, 1995
7	Brandon Huffman, Capital Classic/United States, 2017
6	Ralph Sampson, Capital Classic/Capital, 1979
6	Dwight Howard, Capital Classic/Black, 2004
5	Earl Jones, Capital Classic/United States, 1980
5	Tito Horford, Capital Classic/United States, 1985
5	Shawn Bradley, Capital Classic/United States, 1980
5	Antwan Jamison, Capital Classic/United States, 1995
5	Adam Waleskowski, Capital Classic/United States, 1995
5	Trey Porter, Capital Classic/Capital, 2014
4	Moses Malone, Capital Classic/United States, 1974
4	Danny Manning, Capital Classic/United States, 1984
4	Neil Fingleton, Capital Classic/United States, 2000
4	Eugene McCrory, Capital Classic/Capital, 2010

Steals
6	Tyrone “Muggsy” Bouges, Capital Classic/Capital, 1983
6	Chris Paul, Capital Classic/Silver, 2003
6	Darius Days, Capital Classic/United States, 2018
5	Baron Davis, Capital Classic/United States, 1997
5	Rex Pflueger, Capital Classic/United States, 1997